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How It Works

No. 151
Magazine

Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.

WELCOME • The magazine that feeds minds!

Meet the team…

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS…

MADAGASCAR’S JELLYFISH

REIGNITING A STAR

AMOEBAE ABODE

OCEAN ALIENS

NASA detects rare ‘double quasar’

Ancient people created cave art while hallucinating

Mountains of space dust fall on Earth each year

How tarantulas conquered Earth

Telescope lasers used in war against space junk

‘Brazil nut puzzle’ cracked by researchers

‘Ghost forests’ invade the North Carolina coast

Pterosaurs had bizarre neck bones

Famous Antarctic iceberg finally melts away

Astronomers detect imminent supernova

Protoplanet remnant may hide inside Earth

Endangered monkeys saved from fatal car collisions

WISH LIST • The latest OUTDOOR gadgets

APPS & TOOLS

NATURAL WONDERS • HOW OUR PLANET’S MOST IMPRESSIVE SIGHTS, STRUCTURES AND LANDFORMS WERE SCULPTED BY GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES LONG BEFORE HUMANS EXISTED

How the sky lights up • THEY MIGHT SEEM MAGICAL, BUT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY SIMPLE SCIENCE

DID YOU KNOW?

Causeway construction • EARTH MANAGED TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL FEATURE COMPLETELY BY ACCIDENT

Growing giant gems • THE CAVE SPROUTED CRYSTALS WHEN EXPOSED TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

How the wind sculpts sand • DESERT BREEZES CREATE LANDFORMS FROM THE SAND AS THEY BLOW

Grand excavation • THE GEOLOGICAL ACTION THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THE GRAND CANYON STARTED LONG BEFORE THE FIRST DINOSAURS EVOLVED

History of the Himalayas • THE ROCKS ATOP MOUNT EVEREST ONCE SAT ON THE SEAFLOOR

A look underground • THERE’S MORE GOING ON IN MUD VOLCANOES THAN MEETS THE EYE

How the waterfall formed • IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND THE RIGHT GEOLOGY FOR A TRICKLE TO BECOME A THUNDERING TORRENT

Colour story • THE STUNNING ARRAY OF SHADES IN THIS SPRING ARE CREATED BY MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS

FLOWER POWER • How these blooms dominate the plant population and enhance our lives

DID YOU KNOW?

Anatomy of a flower • Peel back the petals of these pretty plants

FIVE TYPES OF POLLEN TRANSPORT • Meet the main players in pollination

POST-POLLINATION • How does a pollen grain create new life?

DID YOU KNOW?

ATTRACT VS ATTACK • How do flowering plants both coax pollinators and repel predators?

What makes a flower ‘perfect’?

WEIRD FLOWERS OF THE WORLD • Discover some of the planet’s diverse plant population

Flowers for food

MEDICINAL POWER • How do floral species benefit human health?

5 FACTS ABOUT EDIBLE FLOWERS

Inside the body of a blood-sucker • How leeches latch on your skin and feed through your flesh

Anatomy of a bite • These vampiric invertebrates suck blood from the wound they make

Parasite therapy

COULD WE BUILD JURASSIC PARK? • As science advances, we may find bringing dinosaurs back to life is a realistic prospect

Have we found dinosaur DNA?

CLONING DINOSAURS • Follow the method seen in

JACK HORNER • Jurassic Park’s scientific advisor has plans to make a pet dinosaur

Living with dinosaurs

CREATING THE PARK • How would dinosaurs acclimatise to their new era and neighbours?

DID YOU KNOW?

A BITE TO EAT • How much food could an...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 151

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: May 13, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Science

Languages

English

Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.

WELCOME • The magazine that feeds minds!

Meet the team…

MEET THIS ISSUE’S EXPERTS…

MADAGASCAR’S JELLYFISH

REIGNITING A STAR

AMOEBAE ABODE

OCEAN ALIENS

NASA detects rare ‘double quasar’

Ancient people created cave art while hallucinating

Mountains of space dust fall on Earth each year

How tarantulas conquered Earth

Telescope lasers used in war against space junk

‘Brazil nut puzzle’ cracked by researchers

‘Ghost forests’ invade the North Carolina coast

Pterosaurs had bizarre neck bones

Famous Antarctic iceberg finally melts away

Astronomers detect imminent supernova

Protoplanet remnant may hide inside Earth

Endangered monkeys saved from fatal car collisions

WISH LIST • The latest OUTDOOR gadgets

APPS & TOOLS

NATURAL WONDERS • HOW OUR PLANET’S MOST IMPRESSIVE SIGHTS, STRUCTURES AND LANDFORMS WERE SCULPTED BY GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES LONG BEFORE HUMANS EXISTED

How the sky lights up • THEY MIGHT SEEM MAGICAL, BUT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY SIMPLE SCIENCE

DID YOU KNOW?

Causeway construction • EARTH MANAGED TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL FEATURE COMPLETELY BY ACCIDENT

Growing giant gems • THE CAVE SPROUTED CRYSTALS WHEN EXPOSED TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

How the wind sculpts sand • DESERT BREEZES CREATE LANDFORMS FROM THE SAND AS THEY BLOW

Grand excavation • THE GEOLOGICAL ACTION THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THE GRAND CANYON STARTED LONG BEFORE THE FIRST DINOSAURS EVOLVED

History of the Himalayas • THE ROCKS ATOP MOUNT EVEREST ONCE SAT ON THE SEAFLOOR

A look underground • THERE’S MORE GOING ON IN MUD VOLCANOES THAN MEETS THE EYE

How the waterfall formed • IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND THE RIGHT GEOLOGY FOR A TRICKLE TO BECOME A THUNDERING TORRENT

Colour story • THE STUNNING ARRAY OF SHADES IN THIS SPRING ARE CREATED BY MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS

FLOWER POWER • How these blooms dominate the plant population and enhance our lives

DID YOU KNOW?

Anatomy of a flower • Peel back the petals of these pretty plants

FIVE TYPES OF POLLEN TRANSPORT • Meet the main players in pollination

POST-POLLINATION • How does a pollen grain create new life?

DID YOU KNOW?

ATTRACT VS ATTACK • How do flowering plants both coax pollinators and repel predators?

What makes a flower ‘perfect’?

WEIRD FLOWERS OF THE WORLD • Discover some of the planet’s diverse plant population

Flowers for food

MEDICINAL POWER • How do floral species benefit human health?

5 FACTS ABOUT EDIBLE FLOWERS

Inside the body of a blood-sucker • How leeches latch on your skin and feed through your flesh

Anatomy of a bite • These vampiric invertebrates suck blood from the wound they make

Parasite therapy

COULD WE BUILD JURASSIC PARK? • As science advances, we may find bringing dinosaurs back to life is a realistic prospect

Have we found dinosaur DNA?

CLONING DINOSAURS • Follow the method seen in

JACK HORNER • Jurassic Park’s scientific advisor has plans to make a pet dinosaur

Living with dinosaurs

CREATING THE PARK • How would dinosaurs acclimatise to their new era and neighbours?

DID YOU KNOW?

A BITE TO EAT • How much food could an...


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